The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1903, Page 12

LA SHELLES ° LVEUT DENTOMN ANP BONYTA nNUARIZONA? coLuvmMBla, the ired by say, that “My Partner” last evening. The house | was filled completely with a holiday au- dience ose present d their money worth, for a better performance of t play, in many particulars, has never been seen’in San Francisco. There was a little unevenness in the first act. After t the work was excelle Ernest Hastings wel i by Albert Morrisomn. eorge Osbourne made a clever Wing Frank Bacon was the eccentric Ma jor Britt to a cety, and Stine did well - | as Brando Clifford Dempsey was so | a v at the udience hissed | him. Alice 7 Hunt added great to | her previo legitimately won laurels making a fine part of Mary Brando which she played with conscientious care nd so fine a simulation of sustained emo- tion that it med very like the real ar- M a and in his lovely spirit Matthews was succes: e inward and a round of parts Burke Colonel Bonham, gen- fiery-tempered. The i by Ben Dean to the teet! and Sergeant Kellar, » by Charles E. Gra- all stunningly clever bits. women are good, too, though have it in this play. Y was most amusingly por- Miss Eleanor Wiiton, and Bo- b, girlish charm-and 1 nkness Agnes Muir., A charming was that done by Alma Bradley as ¥ aid servant, Edith Lemmert - ompetent as Estrella. e plece should see excellent business, GUISARD. THERE IS NO SUBSTIT ticle. Eleanor Gordon did very well with the role of Grace Brandon. Marie Howe got out what there was in the Posie. In other words, the company a whote and individual did so well t | the "performance would easily a f as 1a. rank with the ever given in the house in its ling California. Jud from the large audiences that “The of Maryland” is attracting at the i is week David Belas- co's T lost none of . of the most that teresting h er been woven round scenes of war times and ite dra- matic situations serve to create thrills of excitement in the beholde Herbert wick plays Colonel Fulton Thorpe in fonally good style. He is never gullty of over-acting and his struggle with Maryland Calvert, interpreted in a faultless manner by Alma Kruger, Is ad- mirably done. William McLaughiin does splendid character work as the oid sex ton and William B. Murray is good Sergeant Blount. The play Is well worth seeing and possesses renewed attraction to those who have en it befor: t week a melodramatic promised in ““The F: sensation 1 Wedding. is Orpheum. Thomas J. Ryan and Mary Richfi a skit entitled “‘Mag Haggerty's Father,” convulsing Orpheum audiences wit laughter this’week. Ryan, In the cha acter of Mike Haggerty, a retired hod- carrier with ample mean5 is extreme! funny in his efforts to get used to the new order of things. Franco Piper, ban- joist, is one of the pest performers on that Instrument ever teen here. ing of the Basque Quartet is alone worth the price of admission. Florence Bindley the girl with the diamond dress, is a fa vorite, and Reno and Richards, comedy acrobats, make plenty of fun and do some clever tumbling besides. Mr. and Mrs. | Jimmie Barry, Louise Montrose and Yber- are ri, who were on last week, are stlll fa- | vorites. D Grand Opera-House. “The Parish Priest” met with a flat- tering reception at its first presentation in this city at the Grand Opera-house last night. The scene of the play is laid in | Western New York. The characters are | all Irish and good Catholics. The story is a simple one—the quarrels of two pairs of lovers and subsequent happy reconcil- lations. The plece is crowded full of ; quaint Irish humor, with a strong Ameri- can coloring. The situations are in all cases exceedingly clever and | the development of the plot is | of absorbing interest. The audi- }ence was very gensrous with applause last night. At the close of the second act there was averitable storm of hand- clapping and stamping and the curtain rose and fell at least a dozen times. The stage settings are excellent, particularly in the closing act where the entrance to a chapel is presented. Charles Erin Verner, who fs starring in the present serles of Irish plays, was taken ill late in the afternoon, and Fred J. Butler assumed the title role at an hour's notice. His work was faultless and | his hearers gave him a deserved ovation. | Herschel Mayall and Antoinette Walker also handled their parts in a particularly { pleasing manner. The others of the cast ably supported the leaders. Central. The Central furnished its patrons yes- | terday at two performances with a rich | sensational feast in “The Queen of China- | town,” a melodrama of the most thrill- ing type, which abounds in exciting cli- maxes that never fall to elicit the most | enthusiastic applause. The play is mag- nificently mounted and the scenes, which | represent _thoroughfares, oplum resorts | and gambling dens In the Chinese quar- ters, are picturesque and accurate. The Queen of Chinatown is the nickname of a beautiful and accomplished woman who has fallen from a lofty station through her fondness for oplum. The infamous Chinese, with whom she consorts, have abducted’ for immoral purposes a white | part of | The sing- | THEATRE REPUBLIC SOME OF THE ATTRACTIVE FEATURES OF THE WEEK'S OFFERING | 811 teacher of the mission: Her brother, | & Young lieutenant in the American navy, | comes in search of her and the Chinese | take advantage of his presence among them to steal his betrothed wife. After many astounding adventures the lieuten- ant is captured and thrown from a great height into a loathsome ratpit. Here the rats swarm around him and just as his | strength fails him and the rodents seem | about to triumph over him, he is rescued. This act terminates with a realistic fire scene in the Chinese quarters. The drama ends with the restoration of his sister and | sweetheart to the lieutenant, the punish- ment of the highbinders and the death of the Queen of Chinatown! The heroic characters in the play were applauded to the echo, while the villainous ones were roundly hissed. “The Queen of Chinatown' | has scored the greatest guccess in the his- tory of this theater and is sure of packed | houses during its run. Landers Stevens, | Henry Shumer, George P. Webster, Eu- genle Thals Lawton, Georgie Cooper and | Margaret Marshall displayed excellence in their respective roles. Next week “The | Forger's Daughter,”” a melodrama new to this city, will be produced Republic. Those who went to see a good show at the Republic last night were not disap- pointed; “Chimmie Fadden” is the best | thing of its kind which has appeared in the city for a long time. The spectator must not expect too much in the matter of plot, for there is none. The production is a loosely connected series of events cal- culated to give the Bowery boy with his popular dialect ‘center stage at all times. As that interesting personage Forrest Seabury acquits himgelf admirably. With plenty of dash and the requisite amount of “de tough” in him to make him accept- | able to Townsend himself Seabury fully | lives up to the part of the reformed south- of-the-slot hero. Equally as clever as a delineator of character {8 Mrs. Louis Bel- mour, whose Mrs. Murphy would make & sphinx laugh. Her make-up is good, | her brogue is perfect and her acting of 1 the part of the bibulous Irish lady is in- | imitable. Not a little of the merit of the | play lies in the excellent work of the support, who are all that they should be in the acting of the play. 5 Fischer’s. “Hoity Toity” at Fischer's Theater is running- along on oiled wheels and if | packed houses and spontaneous applause | o for anything will continue 8o to run | for many moons to come and will come | near outdoing the record it made for it- | self last year at Weber & Fields’, where lit had the longest run of any plece ever | put on at that music hall. Kolb, Dill and | Bernard are a trio hard to beat. Miss | Maude Amber, as Lady Grafter, iIs as | bright and handsome as ever and Winfield Blake, with his four daughters, is very amusing. His duet with Miss Amber, “Love a la Mode," is exceedingly well done and merits and gets nightly ap- plause. The Chutes. The big theater at the Chutes was pack- ed at both performances yesterday. Lit- tie Maria Azpiroz, the young Spanish vio- linist, scored an immediate hit. William Kellar Mack kept the auditors laughing for twenty minutes with his funny songs and stories, and Lew Wren proved a clever whistler and imitator. Susle Leh- man, soprano; Tracy Mcrrow and Martha Theresa, vocal duetists; Shelk Hadji Ta- | har's troupe of Arablan acrobats, and new moving pictures by - the animatoscope completed an unusually interesting pro- gramme. The display of fireworks after the performance last night in_honor of Washington's birthday was bealtiful and effective. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 ARIZONA COMPANY IS SURPASSING DATE OF GRAND ARMY MEETING Veterans to Assemble Here on Monday, August 17. Invitation Is Extended to President of the United States. —_— i | | | | Time for holding the thirty-seventh na- | tional encampment of the Grand Army of | { the Republic in San Francisco was desig- } | | campments of Ma nated last night as the week heglnnlng1 { Monday, August 17. George Stone, chair- | | man of the general committee of man- | | agement announced at a special meeungl | last evening at 2 New Montgomery street | | that the commander in chief, General | Thomas J. Stewart of Pennsylvania, af- | ter conference in this city with the ex-| | ecutive committee of the national coun- | cll of administration had fixed tha date. | Later in the evening the local executive | | committee adopted a resolution introducec {by C. T. Masteiler inviting President | | Rcosevelt to attend the encampment. The | | { | committee also authorized the engage- Mment of the maple room of the Palace | Hotel for the national encampment head- | quarters. There will be another meeting | of the executive committee at the Cali- fornia Hotel at 10 a. m. to-day. The meeting of the general committee |1ast night was largely attended. Chafr- | man Stone introduced the commander in | chief, who was cordially greeted by the | audience. General Stewart responded to the greeting In a few remarks wherein he | expressed the belief that the number of | T\'ixdlr-rs in San Francisco next August would greatly exceed the estimates of the | rafiroad people and surpass the expecta- | tions of Californians. He based his judg- | ment on facts ascertained In visiting en- | | achusetts; Rhode Isl- | | and and other States and reports gener- | ally received from all parts of the coun- | try. | R. B. Beath of Pennsylvania predicted | | that a vast multitude would assemble in | | 8an Francisco. He said the railroads car- | ried to Washington 400,000 encampment | visitors; to Loufsville, 310,000; to Phila- | delphia, 300,00. He was confident that 100,000 Easterners would attend the en- campment in this city. He remarked that thel rafiroad managers classed the G. A. R. and the Christian Endeavorers at the head of the list in the fleld of travel to netional gatherings and that the Grand Army stfll held first place. Charles Buprows of New Jersey judged by the enthusiasm in the East that the greatest throng of people ever assembled | in San Francisco would attend the en- | campment. : Thomas W. Sample of Pennsylvania made a convincing £peech He called to mind that the railroads carried 300,000 passengers to the Pittsburg encampment when times were dull. He said things were different now. The prosperity of the country had extended to the working- men. They had money and would spend it to come to California. He fancied that the railrogds were making a mistake in figuring that only 50000 people east of the Missouri River would visit San Fran- cisco next August. A. A. Taylor of Ohio, Wiiliam H. Arm- strong of Indlana and Comrade James of Jowa spoke of the lively interest mani- fested by Grand Army comrades of the Cast in_the approaching event. The FEastern representatives of the Grand Army demonstrated their ability to | talk in an Interesting, instructive and | logical fashion. When they had finished speechmaking Chairman Stone introduced such Western experts in the art of in- formal oratory as Colonel C. A. Woo ADVERTISEMENTS. BABY'S FUTURE Something for Mothers | to Think About. Lives of Suffering and Sorrow Averted And Happiness and Prosperity Assured by : CuticuraSoap, Dintment and Pills When All Else Fails. Every child born into the world with an inherited or early developed ten- dency to distressing, disfiguring hu- mours of the skin, scalp and blood, be- comes an object of the most tender so- licitude, not only because of its suffer- ing, but because of the dreadful fear that the disfiguration is to be lifelong and mar its future happiness and pros- perity. Hence it becomes the duty of mothers of such afflicted children toac- quaint themselves with the best, the purest and most effective treatment available, viz., The Cuticura Treatment. ‘Warm baths with Cuticura Soap to cleanse the skinand scalp of crusts and 8cales, gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment, to allay itching, irritation and Inflammation, and soothe and heal. and mild doses of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, to cool the blood inthe severe cases, are all that can be desired for th ¢ alleviation of the suffering of skin to+ tured infants and children, and the cory fort of worn-out paremts. Millions of women use Cuticura Soap assisted by Cuticura Ofntment, for pre- serving, purifying and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening and motgingred, rough and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings and chafings, 1903. WASHINGTON ing from $2.co up. The one il- lustrated is a solid brass bed. 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Uphol- Immense line of BRASS and stered in imported velour. Best of 52 50 METAL BEDS at prices rang- workmanship and material. Special 2 s PrICO siecssossons 3 R A LE: New Goods Arriving Daily. Largest Line in the City t Select From. Carpet Department. and colors. Worth T—An entirely new line of Union Squar quality rd. Now . best and pulverized cork. Worth 70c per square ya from _the Frive Toomiy draw-<* il ettt ; t varlety of colors and derneath Tarn § KIDDERMINSTER ART SQUARES—Great variety ' ferneath, roned o mians! Careoq designs. An opportunity of a lifetime. 2x3 yards, $4.35; 2%x3 yards, | . P $2.90; 3x3 yards, $3.60; 3x4 yards, $4.35 each. gs cautiful T 6.75 ubie—sale g7 9 3 i price. . s Drapery Department. week, $2.60 'AINS—Special for this TWO-TONED TAPESTRY PORTIERES — Regular Fringe all around, Service absolutely from. Mother Goose prizes will be awarded as soon as the Judges can de- termine the winners. Cordes Furniture Co. 245:259 GEARY STREET, ON THE SQUARE. e. Worth Take advantage 0 :225¢ 50¢c PARLOR TABLE— Solid ocak—z24x24 top. Beaded molding un- of linseed oil pen $3.50 valus, $3.00 value, Hune of free. SOLID OAK WARDROBE — Pan. eled doors. Large and commeodious, Beauti fully finish Special e o §16.50 ruff, U. S. A.; General W. R. Shafter, Sbarboro, Department Commander Ho ley and General N. P. Chipman. The last named made one of the happiest and most inspiring speeches of the evening. The audience was gratified to get the as- gurance from A. Sbarboro, chairman of the finance committee, that the public spirit and generosity of the merchants, bankers and of other leacing men of Cal- ifornia would supplement the State ap- propriation of $25.000 with a sufficient sum rtain all visitors. :. A. Partridge of Illinois is in the city rrange accommodatigns for comrades George H. Thomas Post -ago. will advocate the election commander in chie The post proposes to engage headquarters | at fhe Palace Hotel and conduct an ac- tive campaign in behalf of General Black To-night George H. Thomas Post No. 2 of this city will receive Commander in Thief Stewart.. To-morrow night the five G. A. R. posts of San Francisco will unite | in a reception to the commander in chief. g PREPARE FOR ENCAMPMENT. Local G. A. R. Committee Confers| With Head Executive Body. The local executive committee of the General Committee of management of the | | { | to a of that State. I Ch thirty-seventh national encampmient of the G. A. R. met yvesterday afternoon at the California Hotel to take preliminary steg® for the holding of the encampment in this city next August. The head ex- ecutive committee, of which General Thomas J. Stewart, commander in chief of the G. A. R., who arrived here last Sunday, is chairman, participated in the conference. J. Cory Winans, chief of staff to the commander in chief, and J. G. Ev- erest were also present. The local ex- ecutive committee consists of the follow- ing named: George Stone. chairman; Henry Dibble, vice chairman; Wllliam E. Lutz, secretary; C, H. Blinn, ‘haries Boxton, Hugh M. Burke, Sol | Cahen, Thomas W, Collins, J. C. Currfer, J. B. Fuller, W. H. Jordan, George T. Johnson, C. Mason Kinne, 8. J. Loop, E. 0. McCor- mick, T. C. Masteller, W, R. Smedberg, W. R. Shafter, B, O, Salomon, A. Sbarboro, R. H. Warfield, Horace Wilson, John A. Whiteside. One of the most important matters to be cleared up at the conference was the report of Chalrman Warfleld of the hotel committee to the effect that hotel rates will positively not be advanced during the progress of the encampment. War- fleld sald that the statement that had appeared in the Eastern press that hotels would advance their prices was erroneous, and was calculated to diminish the at-| tendance at the encampment. Chief of Staff Winans corroborated Warfleld's statement from actual experience. He said that he had engaged forty-nine rooms in a leading hotel during the encamp- ment for a price far less than he thought he would have to pay. General Stewart stated that he felt sure that no advan- tage, would be taken of prospective vis- ftors and expressed himself as perfectly satisfied with the statement that the rates would not be raised. The. chairman of the committee on transportation informed the - committee that the transcontinental lines would give in the form of washes for annoying irritations and inflammations, and for many sanative, antls lc which readily suggest themselves. e Customs Statistics Show That 360,708 cases champagne were imported in 1%2. of which over one-third, or 125000 cases, were G. H. Mumm & Co.’s Extra Dry. ~ The magnificent quality of _their 1888 vintage now being imported is bound to still further increase this record. . [2L DISHES . the cheapest rate for any encampment ever yet given. It is quite probable that a half fare rate or less will be estab- lished from all points and that the time 1imits will be extended. The committee decided that thers win be two parades on different days during the encampment. The first will be the parade of the Grand Army proper. Ow- ing to the age of the participants it was agreed that the length of the ropte will be snorter than generally obtains for pa- rades. It will most likely include a dis- tance of something less than two miles on Market street and Van Ness avenue. The second parade will be that of the Sons of Veterans and kindred organiza- tion: The chalrman of the committes on finance reported that the State Legisla- ture had appropriated by unanimous vote the sum of § 0 for the encampment. The additional sum of $30,000 is expected by popular subscriptions. The committee believes that the sum named will be eas- ily raised, as citizens are awakened to the fact that large gatherings of the kind are of material benefit to the city. The committee decided to give a public reception to General Stewart to-morrow night at some hall yet to be selected. This morning another business meeting of the executive committee will be held at the California Hotel. In the afternoon General Stewart and his party will see the sights of the city under the guidance of the executive committee. They will leave Thursday morning on the coast line at 7 o'clock. They will visit San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los An- geles and the Grand Canyon of the Colo- rado on their way East. The ladies of the National Women's Re- lief Corps and the ladies of the National G. A. R. were the guests yesterday aft- ernoon of Mrs. Colonel C. Mason Kinne. | They were taken for carriage drives to| the park, Clff and Presidlo. AN IMPORTANT TELEGRAM A Fact Frankly Con- ceded. The following telegram from our Super- intendent of Construction Major M. J. Amick of New York City, late Sueprin- tendent and Expert of the New York “Patten Vacuum Ice Company’s plant,” now en route to San Francisco to con-| struct a 100-ton plant for the Pacific| Vacuum Ice Company, is self-explana- | tory, and sets at rest the question of the feasibility of the Vacuum Ice process: New York City, Feb. 21, 103, Pacific Vacuum Ice Co., | 20 Parrott Bullding, San Francisco. Party here representing other Cali-| fornia Ice Companies convinced your| published claims about Vacuum Ice cor- rect. Start to-night for San Franeisco. (Signed) AMICK. ————— WOULD NAME IT CALIZONIA. Arizonans Plen New State Iaclud- ing Southern California. TUCSON, Feb, 25.—There is a growing sentiment throughout Arizona strongly favoring a union of the Territory with the seven countles of Southern Califor- nia, gontaining a half million people, and naming the new State Calizonia, rather than being consolidated with New Mexico as the State of Montezuma. —_— —_— Alleged Solicitation of Bribe. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 22.—Three firms holding printing contracts with the State to-cay filled a written statement charg- ing that Chairman Louis Levy of the t Investigation Committee ap- ::::t:g‘hy the Legislature had solicited from them $1500 as consideration for giv- ing a favorable report on the letting of | Amapala. AGED WOMAN SUCCUMBS TO DEADLY GAS FUMES Mrs. Bridget Long, an Inmate of St. Mary’'s Old Ladies’ Home, Is Asphyxiated. Deady monoxide found its latest n yesterday in the person of Mrs. B 1“ | Long, an inmate of St. Mary's Old dies’ Home, Rincon She found in her room early lifeless on the bed, with the gas flowing from a fully opened jet near her bedside. Early Sunday evening Mrs. Farley, an- e. w other inmate of the institution, heard peculiar noise, as of one groaning, coming | from Mrs. Long's r nd she appl her eye to the keyhole, but could disecove nothing wrong. When the aged woman failed to appear in the mo sis ters who have charge of the n were notified, and they broke tha room, to find that the old woman had been dead some time. . McGinty, the resident phy v’'s Hospital, was summoned, and he gave it as his opinion that the dead woman had probably become confused in ciag of turning off the gas and had left the cock open after extin hing the flame. Mrs. Long was a widow, §2 years of age, a had been an inmate of the home for a long time. —_———————— y blended whisky kmown “Jesse Moore''—the years. . The most delightf to the human palate standard for over fifty PORTLAND, Or., Feb. —The hubmfly German bark Alstern e, which went on the sands at Peacock Spit at the mouth of the Coe lumbia River February 9, was floated at high tide last night. The vessel Is not infured, e ee—— Royal Worcester Corsets, style &6, at T5a Chester F. Wright, § Geary st., upstatrs, ¢ e ———— GENERAL BONILLA'S ARMY is ON_T_HE DEFEN! MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 2.—Gen- eral Sierra, with 4000 men, is occupying Nacaome, an fmportant strategic point in Honduras. Chaluteca also is well fort- fled. The revolution is still restricted to i The rebels have adopted de- fensive tactics. : Four United States warships have ar< rived at Amapala. A special envoy has returned from Sal- vador. He was accompanied by a special delegate from Salvador. Nicaragua is peaceful. 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